A/HRC/16/7 (Austria)2;/prohibit the use of public flogging (New Zealand);/abolish corporal punishment, in particular public flogging (Brazil); 100.59. Work towards eliminating all forms of violence against women (Bhutan); 100.60. Take further steps to address issues of violence against women, including to finalize the Women’s Right Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill and the Children’s Act, as early as possible, and consider withdrawing its reservation to article 16 of CEDAW (Timor-Leste); 100.61. Take all measures necessary to ensure the elimination of violence and discrimination against women, and review its reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with a view to withdrawing it (Sweden); 100.62. Give priority to addressing all forms of violence against women and girls, inter alia, by providing redress and protection services to victims of such crimes (Norway); 100.63. Establish additional mechanisms for protecting citizens against domestic violence, and adopt the provisions that would ensure legal redress for gender-based violence. Important steps in this regard include the expeditious passage of legislation to promote women’s rights, prohibit sexual harassment and criminalize domestic violence (United States); 100.64. Ensure that its draft Domestic Violence Bill addresses the investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of violence against women, and that it is implemented as a priority (New Zealand); 100.65. Intensify awareness-raising and educational campaigns to combat violence against women, and adopt measures to improve women’s participation in the decision-making process (Algeria); 100.66. Continue the commendable public campaigns against violence against women and children, and ensure the swift adoption and implementation of the new Bill on Domestic Violence (Austria); 100.67. Continue to improve efforts to combat gender-based violence, and establish a mechanism for protecting abused women (Indonesia); 100.68. Take measures to eradicate traditional stereotypes of women, especially through educational programmes, and enact legislation on domestic violence and all forms of sexual abuse (Netherlands); 100.69. Continue its measures to tackle the problem of violence against women, including domestic violence (Azerbaijan); 100.70. Prioritize legislation on women’s rights, sexual harassment, domestic violence and the protection of children against abuse (Australia); 100.71. Consolidate the achievements made, particularly through gender mainstreaming in all fields; grant autonomy to women; and face challenges arising in this regard, particularly the fight against violence against women (Morocco); 2 18 The recommendation as made during the interactive dialogue was “Abolish criminal penalties that infringe on the physical integrity of convicts, for example, amputation and flogging (Austria)”.

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